close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
intelligence or information network
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
process; course; mechanism
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
catching up on one's sleep; storing up sleep; getting extra sleep while one has the chance
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
do your best; go for it; hang in there; keep at it
major cleanup; spring cleaning
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
moderately; in moderation
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
one's person; around one's person
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting